Fri, 28 Jul 2006, 09:43 PM Competition Eliminator Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA, Second annual Jeg's Northern SPORTSnationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed this round, amount over/under index this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time, speed & over/under Index, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Mauri Rose Runs 7.249/181.94/-0.351, Now #12; C/D Index: 7.60, Prior Best: 7.256/184.88/-0.344, Was #12
Right Lane: John Frech Runs 8.267/158.17/-0.453, Now #6; F/D Index: 8.72, Prior Best: 8.310/154.23/-0.410, Was #8

9:28 p.m. This is the bbest conditions these cars have seen (it's dark and much cooler) so the field will shuffle a lot this round.

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Left Lane: Steve Eckard Runs 7.365/179.78/-0.365, Now #12; B/AA Index: 7.73, Prior Best: 7.430/176.93/-0.300, Was #14
Right Lane: Terry Smith Runs 8.514/155.20/-0.466, Now #6; D/EA Index: 8.98, Prior Best: 8.531/155.44/-0.449, Was #7

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Left Lane: Ralph Hope Runs 8.197/150.41/-0.293, Now #15; J/A Index: 8.49, No Prior Run
Right Lane: Bruno Massel Runs 8.283/136.47/-0.017, Now #1; DD/AT Index: 8.30, Prior Best: 7.637/175.09/-0.663, Was #1

Hope's first run of the weekend was a very crooked one. But he stayed in his own lane. Massel shut it off very early.

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Left Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 7.945/168.75/-0.535, Now #3; A/SR Index: 8.48, Prior Best: 7.930/169.83/-0.550, Was #2
Right Lane: Steve Ambrose Runs 7.881/165.46/-0.559, Now #2; J/AA Index: 8.44, Prior Best: 7.931/164.99/-0.509, Was #3

Barone failed to improve and lost a spot in the order.

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Left Lane: Frank Affronti Runs 7.660/177.32/-0.340, Now #14; C/A Index: 8.00, Prior Best: 7.670/176.42/-0.330, Was #14
Right Lane: Chris Bozic Runs 7.205/185.26/-0.395, Now #11; C/D Index: 7.60, Prior Best: 7.212/186.98/-0.388, Was #11

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Left Lane: Bo Butner Runs 7.180/196.85/-0.720, Now #1; AA/SM Index: 7.90, Prior Best: 7.952/129.03/0.052, Was #20
Right Lane: Skip Gladstone Runs 8.799/154.35/-0.161, Now #19; F/ED Index: 8.96, Prior Best: 9.202/151.31/0.242, Was #21

Butner needed to run -.3 to earn his class trophy. He covered that a couple times.

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Left Lane: Brian Browell Runs 7.296/176.74/-0.524, Now #6; D/D Index: 7.82, Prior Best: 7.390/181.03/-0.430, Was #9
Right Lane: Lee Zane Runs 9.134/144.15/-0.576, Now #3; L/AA Index: 9.71, Prior Best: 9.300/128.09/-0.410, Was #10

Zane stepped way up on a nice run.

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Left Lane: David Rampy Runs 8.841/117.99/0.931, Now #7; A/EA Index: 7.91, Prior Best: 7.428/178.26/-0.482, Was #7

Rampy's car twiotched badly a couple hundred feet out and he lifted early.

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Left Lane: Greg Kamplain Runs 7.438/177.93/-0.492, Now #7; C/ED Index: 7.93, Prior Best: 7.464/177.02/-0.466, Was #8

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Left Lane: Glenn Bourke Runs 8.743/155.20/-0.217, Now #17; F/ED Index: 8.96, Prior Best: 8.716/154.32/-0.244, Was #17
Right Lane: Dale Spencer Runs 8.567/154.56/-0.393, Now #11; F/ED Index: 8.96, Prior Best: 8.551/154.67/-0.409, Was #11

These two ran in class round 2, which also counts toward qualifying. Neither improved and qualifying is over.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink